Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports has moved deftly into the AI and tech harms arena. It operates a Digital Lab specifically focused on building consumer power around issues of personal data. The Digital Standard project is a framework to evaluate how technologies respect consumers’ interests and needs. The Lab also offers fellowships.
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Thayù
Thayù is a multi-disciplinary artist who eagerly embraces both existing and emerging technologies and is particularly fascinated by the ever-evolving realm of AI. Thayù is also the founder of Creatives Garage, a multi-disciplinary arts organization that has provided support to more than 14,000 creatives since its inception. Thayù constantly explores new methods and tools to effectively share the rich and diverse African narrative. Creatives Garage is a 2024 Mozilla Africa Innovation Mradi Research Grants awardee.
Economic Justice Human Rights ActorHarriet Kingaby
Harriet Kingaby is Chair and Co-Founder of the Conscious Advertising Network and a former Mozilla Fellow. Her work focuses on the unintended consequences of AI-enhanced advertising. She worked with Consumers International to study AI-powered ads containing discrimination and misinformation. Her paper “AI & Advertising: A Consumer Perspective” identifies seven major threats that AI-powered ads present to consumers.
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Abeba Birhane
Abeba Birhane is a PhD candidate — and Mozilla fellow — at University College Dublin. Her interdisciplinary research examines the connections between embodied cognition, digital technology studies, and critical data science. She writes on issues such as "the algorithmic colonization of Africa."
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The Center for Countering Digital Hate studies and actively counters the use of hate and misinformation to polarize societies and undermine democracy.
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